analogy
/əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.71 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love."
- "Is there any analogy, in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?"
- "The old analogy likening the human mind to an imperfect mirror, which modifies the images it reflects, occurred more than once to Odo."
- "Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy: hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it."
- "A kid living on the street is a bit like — and please pardon the analogy here — a weed."
Etymology
From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλογίᾱ (analogíā), from ἀνα- (ana-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, reckoning”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leǵ-, analogia, ἀναλογίᾱ